Have Fun

Have Fun

 

Happy Halloween for those of you who celebrate this multi-billion dollar holiday. In fact, are you going to participate in your company’s outing or activities for this holiday? I sure hope so. Simply have fun. Let go and eat the candy. Many companies do something in honor of Halloween. In fact, the whole idea of Halloween and Trick or Treating are not one in the same. They were both started with different meanings. That is another blog post. I encourage you to join your department’s fun committee (or start one) and start planning to have fun while you are at work. Come up with ideas to have more fun. At my day job, we created a Halloween carnival for the employees to bring their kids so they can trick or treat. This was a wonderful idea and it fits the culture of our company. Remember the culture of your company, if the culture of your company doesn’t align with your values, you may need to rethink having fun and what it means to you. 

 

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Are you an over-thinker?

Are you an over-thinker?

Albert Einstein loved to think. In fact, he left his wife and child to live in solitude just so he could think on a regular basis. I am not suggesting this is you nor am I saying I do this, however, I know I am an over-thinker. I think about everything, some things longer than others. I analyze and try to gain an understanding of why things are the way they are. Now, you may think, what is wrong with this? In fact, these could be strengths and in fact, they are. I am not condemning myself that I am an over-thinker. I discovered I must examine the topics I am overthinking. For example, I can spend too much time thinking about an area that I have little to no control over and less time thinking on the area I do have control over. Is this you? I believe we all do this. Here is a practice I have developed which has helped me. When I find myself “overthinking” I stop and think about the present. I ask myself what am I doing now and I change my thinking to what is in front of me. In other words, I bring myself back to the center of the moment I am in. Try this for yourself. Don’t get lost is what was or could have been, look at what is.

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Taking chances

Taking chances

 

I was recently faced with a major decision in which I didn’t want to make. Has this ever happened to you? Well, believe it or not, we are constantly making decisions all day long. Some decisions we make are done subconsciously and others we must use our conscious mind to dig deep and think about what we should do. This is where many of those “big” decisions are birthed. Here are two things I like to do when I am faced with making a major decision: 1) Nothing. I like to let it sit and revisit it later time. This allows me to see if the idea will come back to me. One thing I have learned about myself is that sometimes it can take me a little longer than I want to decide, therefore, I have learned to be patient with myself. 2) I write out the pros and cons. This may sound cliché but, it works. Write out what will happen if you make the decision and what will happen if you don’t. From my experience, I have discovered it is best to take the chance and see what happens than to wonder.

 

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Rejection

Rejection

Have ever been rejected for a position? I have been turned down a few times in my past career attempts. I believe rejections have made me stronger and encourage me to keep pressing towards what I want to achieve in my career. In my opinion, this is how you create your career. You must get out of your comfort zone and do the things you are afraid of doing. You must understand and accept that you will not get every job you apply for. From what I discovered you will get the job you need to take you to the next level in your career and surprisingly that job may not be the job you think. Always be open to new possibilities. Take the rejection with a grain of salt and Keep It Moving.

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